#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
9	Ronaldo Nazário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2011	92
11	Luis Suárez	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2005–—	92
18	Betty Vignotto	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1990	90.9
23	Patrizia Panico	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2016	90
25	Cristiane Rozeira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	89.9
32	Inka Grings	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	89.5
35	Gerd Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1981	89.3
42	Andriy Shevchenko	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1994–2012	88.9
47	Robert Lewandowski	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	88.8
49	Delio Onnis	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1971–1986	88.8
52	Conny Pohlers	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.8
57	Carolina Morace	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1998	88.5
62	Diego Forlán	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1997–2019	88.4
66	David Villa	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2000–2019	88.2
74	Abby Wambach	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2015	87.7
83	Henrik Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2013	87.5
84	Romelu Lukaku	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	87.5
90	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2023	87.3
94	Hanna Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	87.3
100	Ciro Immobile	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.2
103	Birgit Prinz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2011	87
110	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Football	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	86.9
113	Bernard Lacombe	Football	🇫🇷 France	1969–1987	86.8
114	Marco van Basten	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1981–1995	86.7
119	Esther González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	86.7
121	Gunnar Nordahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1958	86.6
124	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	86.4
127	Sonia Bermúdez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2021	86.4
130	Alex Morgan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	86.2
134	Vivianne Miedema	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	86.1
138	Roger Milla	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1970–1996	86
139	Giovane Élber	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	86
146	Nadia Nadim	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	2005–—	85.9
157	Julián Álvarez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2018–—	85.6
159	Sonny Anderson	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	85.6
162	Bebeto	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–2002	85.5
167	Viktor Gyökeres	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	85.5
174	Filippo Inzaghi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.4
182	Lea Schüller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2015–—	85.3
183	Amy Rodriguez	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2022	85.3
189	Carlos Bianchi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1967–1984	85.2
190	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	85.2
194	Jupp Heynckes	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1978	85.1
198	Paolo Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1973–1987	85
205	Samuel Eto'o	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1997–2019	84.9
211	Alexander Isak	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	84.8
216	Miroslav Klose	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2016	84.6
220	Valentina Giacinti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	84.6
226	Fernando Torres	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2019	84.4
231	Uwe Seeler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1953–1972	84.3

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